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Collaborative Partnerships and Joint Ventures

In an effort to provide comprehensive health care services to the community at reasonable cost, Kuakini Health System has collaborated with other health care providers and business partners. Participation in these joint ventures has enabled Kuakini to maximize its resources through savings on equipment purchases and operating costs. All of the partners share in the capitalization and risk and rewards of the joint ventures. Kuakini is currently involved in these joint ventures:

CareResource Hawaii

Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc.

Hawaii Cancer Consortium

Hawaii Residency Program, Inc.

Kuakini PHO dba Kuakini Health Network

Premier, Inc.

United Laundry Services

CareResource Hawaii (non-profit) - A joint venture between Kuakini Support Services, Inc. and The Queen's Medical Center to provide home health and private duty nursing services on all islands. CareResource Hawaii was formed through the merger of Kuakini's former home health agency (Kuakini-At-Home) and Queen's former home health and private duty nursing agencies (Comprehensive Home Care and Comprehensive Home Services of Hawaii). Currently, CareResource Hawaii is the largest home health agency on Oahu.

Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (for-profit) - Provides clinical reference laboratory services to hospitals, physician offices and other health care organizations as well as contracted services for hospital laboratories. DLS offers the most sophisticated forensic toxicology and substance abuse testing services in the State of Hawaii. Currently DLS is the largest reference laboratory on Oahu. Kuakini Development Corp. (with 10% ownership), The Queen's Development Corporation and The Queen's Medical Center are partners.

Hawaii Cancer Consortium (non-profit) - The Cancer Research Center of Hawai’i works in consortium with the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Queens Medical Center, Hawaii Pacific Health, Kuakini and other hospitals in Hawai’i to offer the very latest therapeutic options to cancer patients. Given a choice, most patients prefer to be treated near family. The Center will work with its community partners to ensure cancer patients have access to the latest treatments, thus eliminating the need for travel to the mainland to receive care.

Kuakini PHO dba Kuakini Health Network (non-profit) - A joint venture between Kuakini Medical Center and over 180 physicians to form a physician hospital organization (PHO). The purpose of the PHO is to provide a vehicle to contract and deliver health care services under various managed care health insurance products. The corporation is equally owned by the Medical Center and the physician members.

Premier, Inc. (non-profit) - A national cooperative/consortium owned by over 181 hospitals, health systems, and health care organizations of which Kuakini is an owner/member. The consortium provides group purchasing, networking, benchmarking, outcomes management, research, and other collaborative initiatives which help Kuakini improve its operations. Membership in Premier enables Kuakini to continue its pursuit of excellence in health care, community service, education and research.

Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,000 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.